But not to be outshone by the new social network on the scene, it appears that Facebook updated its privacy controls -- not for the users themselves, but to align themselves en par with the new kid on the block -- Google+.

However, I strongly suspect that Facebook and Google will continue to compete for the most privacy conscious of users -- even though Google+ has a long way to go from its 30 million compared to Facebook's spread of 750 million users.

But it would have been wholly unwise for Google not to take at least a smidgen of heed in light of Facebook's poor privacy record.

On the other hand, some consider that Google+ is one of the more 'secure' elements in Google's wider set of services in regards to user privacy.

Most users will find that they can only control one social network at a time. It is likely that, over time, Google+ could be the dumping ground for those who have become disaffected with Facebook.

Something tells me that over the coming months, Facebook and Google will 'inexplicably' end up aligning respectively their own privacy platforms, to ensure that they compete not only healthily, but equally for Facebook to fight the ongoing Google+ defectors.

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